Outside the Beltway

Last January 1, some of us made a series of predictions. Here’s how we did.

The Tea Party guys had a bad year.

The bizarre dynamics of Virginia politics.

The GOP’s image problems continue

Robert Bork, the controversial jurist whose failed Supreme Court bid ushered in a new climate in American politics, has died at 85.

Six weeks ago, we held a non-binding referendum asking Americans who they’d like for president. Yesterday, the real election was held.

Mitt Romney’s campaign is wildly overcharging the media for the privilege over covering them.

Democrats are approaching an “Electoral College lock.” Republicans are trying to pick it.

From a political point of view, the GOP’s position on taxes makes no sense at all.

Pennsylvania Republicans want to do the right thing for the wrong reason.

A outline of a deal both sides could live with.

Charlie Crist, run out of the Republican Party, is now a Democrat.

Elections put the players in office. They don’t dictate the outcome of the game.

Harvard’s pet conservative offers a critique of the Democratic Party that reads like something from the OTB comments section.

The Governor of Iowa thinks the Ames Straw Poll should be ended, but he really ought to go further than that.

Dean “Unskewed Polls” Chambers is back, and he’s as deluded as ever.

Not as much learning going on as one might like, to be honest.

Was Rick Perry the worst candidate to run in the 2012 cycle? It certainly appears so.

Guess who’s back?

Are two-term Presidencies the new normal?

Less than two weeks after he lost the election, the GOP is acting as if Mitt Romney never existed.

Republican opposition to same-sex marriage is costing it yet another demographic group.

The GOP’s problems extend far beyond immigration.

The “makers vs takers,” “the 99 percent vs. the 1 percent,” and “53 percent vs. 47 percent” memes are getting tiresome.

Neither member of the Republican ticket seems to understand what really happened on Election Day.

There’s been a bit of buzz of late about the fact that people in several states have filed petitions to secede from the Union. There shouldn’t be.

As we approach the fiscal cliff, there are signs that House Republicans may not be as rigid as they were the past two years.

The scandal now surrounding David Petraeus should lead people to reassess his past record.

Mitt Romney wasn’t a perfect candidate, but he was much better than most of the 2012 Republican field.

Many conservatives are living inside of a media bubble and they’ll continue to have problems until the consciously decide to break out of it.

Barone tells some tales to make himself feel better.

Republicans used to dominate California. Now, they’re barely a factor in the state’s politics.